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Excerpt from the article: The coronavirus has hit Black communities across the U.S. so hard that the numbers have stopped doctors in their tracks. In Philadelphia, where 42% of the population is Black and 41% is white, Black people are nearly three times more likely than white people to have the coronavirus. An appalling 52% of COVID-19 deaths in…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Exo (pronounced “echo”), a pioneering health information and devices company, closed a $40 million Series B+ funding round that will fund research and product development on a revolutionary handheld medical device and cloud-based workflow software platform. Medical imaging technology has lagged far behind the needs of today’s…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: EAST WINDSOR, N.J., Aug. 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ForDoz Pharma has entered into an agreement with Lupin, to market and distribute 2 complex injectable products in advanced development stage at ForDoz, in US and its territories. The products are in the Oncology and Anti-infective therapeutic areas which when approved,…
Read More Excerpt from the Press Release: Kaiser Permanente has joined a Phase 3 clinical trial to test a coronavirus vaccine candidate currently in production by Pfizer and BioNTech, and will seek to enroll 1,400 adults aged 18-85 in California and Oregon to join in the study, a press release from the medical organization states. The aim…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL) (“Quidel”),a provider of rapid diagnostic testing solutions, cellular-based virology assays and molecular diagnostic systems, announced today that Quidel has received Health Canada authorization to market and sell the Lyra® Direct SARS-CoV-2 Assay in Canada. (IO315563, COVID-19 Medical Device Authorization for Importation or Sale; 07/20/2020)…
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Excerpt from the Article: PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — When the COVID-19 pandemic began earlier this year, doctors and researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) rapidly pivoted to focus on defeating the novel virus. Across the hospital, members of the CHOP team – from infectious disease researchers to population health experts – mobilized…
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Excerpt from the Article: Though Philadelphia ranked second in a recent list of best cities for STEM diversity, but there’s still plenty of work to do to ensure underrepresented groups have access to the industry that so often spells prosperity for its workers. We’ve seen a number of efforts start up in the past few…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Aug. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: ADMP) (“Adamis”) announced today that in response to Adamis’ Pre-Investigational New Drug (IND) filing with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the FDA has provided detailed comments regarding the prospective use of Tempol in a randomized placebo…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: OTTAWA, Ontario & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Variation Biotechnologies Inc., an Ottawa-based wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary of VBI Vaccines Inc. (Nasdaq: VBIV) (VBI), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation infectious disease and immuno-oncology vaccines, today announced that it has been awarded up to a CAD$56 million contribution from the Strategic Innovation Fund of…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Biocept, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOC), a leading commercial provider of molecular technologies designed to provide physicians with clinically actionable information to improve the outcomes of patients with cancer, and Aegea Biotechnologies, Inc., an innovative private life science company with an extensive portfolio of issued patents…
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